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The Waldron Charitable Fund is offering $1 million in grant funding to support community organizations serving the critical needs of the nation’s underserved children and the 30 million students who receive free and reduced-price meals. As more and more schools nationwide close in response to concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 virus, this initiative will directly fund those who serve critical health needs (both physical and mental), provide nutritional assistance, and support special education for underserved school children.
Complete information is available here. The submission deadline is Friday, March 20, 2020 at 5 pm ET.
To apply, please email a document no longer than two pages in PDF form to WaldronFund@gmail.com that addresses the following:
Briefly describe the 501(c)(3) organization.
- What problem are you working to solve?
- How many underserved children will be positively impacted by your efforts?
- How will you distribute your solution while keeping children safe during the COVID-19 crisis?
- How quickly can your service be provided?
Please include a copy of the organization's most recent Form 990 and annual report, if one exists. A duplicate copy should be mailed to the attention of Rob Waldron at Curriculum Associates, 153 Rangeway Road, North Billerica, MA 01862.
Applicants must represent 501(c)(3) organizations, and faith-based organizations are eligible to apply. Because of government procurement rules for K–12 curriculum companies, organizations directly affiliated with a school—such as a parent–teacher organization (PTO) or a local school foundation—are ineligible.
ALAS
ALAS National aims to provide resources for grants, academics, social emotional learning and technology to support our students and communities during this critical time as we combat the spread of COVID-19. Access Resources.
Thank you to our partners for sharing free resources in this critical time of crisis. To share your resources on our website email us at contact@alasedu.org.
| 4th Annual Legislative Assembly — POSTPONED
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Important Update: Due to protocols put in place to contain the spread on COVID-19, the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents has postponed the 4th Annual Legislative Assembly and 6th Annual Leaders in Education Awards Gala in Washington, DC. The health of our members and communities will remain a primary concern during this time.
SLA Session 7 will be held via video conference call.
Find out more about the event on our website.
Renaissance Learning
Home to a significant Hispanic and Latino population—including recent immigrants and English Learners, as well as a high proportion of low-income families—San Jacinto Unified School District is working to reduce chronic absenteeism and behavior issues and ensure that each one of their students gets the support needed to graduate. Read how district leaders and teachers are utilizing their student data and integrating several sources of demographic, behavioral, and academic information into one coherent format that mirrors the district’s goals to ensure success. Read now
ALAS
As our efforts continue to contain the spread of COVID-19, our awards gala along with our Legislative Briefing have been postponed.
ALAS Leaders in Education Award nominations deadline is now closed.
The ALAS Awards committee will review all submissions and determine the ALAS 2020:
- Superintendent of the Year
- Administrator of the Year
- Latinx School-Serving Superintendent of the Year
- Latinx School-Serving Administrator of the Year
More information will be released in the coming weeks.
https://www.alasedu.org/event/6th-annual-leaders-in-education-awards-gala/
ALAS
On March 4, 2020, the Association of Latino Administrators & Superintendents' Board of Directors approved the employment of Dr. Maria Armstrong as its next Executive Director. Dr. Armstrong's life story of perseverance, dedication, focus and leadership will serve ALAS very well. After a nearly four month search in partnership with Dr. Carmella Franco, Associate with Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, "we are excited to finally be at this point to approve her contract," stated Ana V. Ortiz, President of ALAS. Read More.
ALAS
After an extensive national search, the Board of Directors at Woodburn School District, located in Woodburn, OR, names Mr. Oscar Gilson as their new superintendent. He impressed the Board with his extensive background of working with children as a K-8 principal at Portland Public Schools and a K-5 principal at Corvallis Public Schools. As an SLA graduate from Cohort XIII, ALAS is proud to see Mr. Oscar Gilson transition to this new role of leadership. Congratulations, Mr. Oscar Gilson! To read more about Mr. Oscar Gilson, click here.
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ALAS
Dr. Veronica Vijil has recently been recognized for all of her years of being an educator by being named Distinguished Educator of the Year! This recognition was made by the College of Education at Sam Houston State University, which is the highest honor that the university can grant to their alumni. ALAS is thrilled to have our TALAS Board Member be recognized for all of her continuous work for the community!
ALAS
ALAS is now accepting applications for SLA Cohort X! Apply Now!
The ALAS Superintendents Leadership Academy (SLA) was developed in 2011 by the ALAS Board to recruit, mentor, and train the next generation of Latinx Superintendents.It remains the premiere Superintendents Leadership Academy for Latin/o/a/x leaders with over 122 graduates and 13 more expected to graduate this year in May!
Application Deadline: May 31, 2020
ALAS
Thank you to our state affiliate members and partners for joining ALAS at our 2020 State Affiliates Leadership Conference!
Attendee Reimbursement Information:
ALAS will reimburse airfare or mileage (up to $500) for 2 Executive Officer attendees per state affiliate.
The reimbursement requests will be processed post-conference. Email reimbursement request to operations@alasedu.org no later than 3/20/20.
GCU has been a dedicated partner of ALAS and our mission towards achieving equitable access to education for all students. Thank you Grand Canyon University!
Grand Canyon University is awarding three (3) $5,000 scholarships to ALAS members to attend Grand Canyon University in any of GCU’s 220+ online degree programs. The most popular are the M.Ed. Educational Administration, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), or Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programs. The programs are completed 100% online. Scholarship recipient must meet the admissions requirements for each program as outlined below. Each program also has different emphasis areas outlined below. Scholarship recipients will work with GCU counseling staff for admissions into the program.
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| ALAS 17th Annual Education Summit
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ALAS
Every year we gather for our national education summit to bring together brilliant minds and exchange ideas and best practices on how to be the best leaders we can be.
Save the date for the 17th Annual ALAS Education Summit in Portland, Oregon, October 7-10, 2020!
Visit our website for more information.
A special thank you to our partners for supporting ALAS and our work to achieve equity in education!
| Meet the ALAS Board of Directors
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Ana V. Ortiz
President
Retired Superintendent
Oxford Public Schools
Oxford, Connecticut
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Dr. Francisco Duran
President Elect
Chief Equity Officer;
Virginia State Board of
Education Member
Fairfax County Public Schools
Falls Church, Virginia |
Dr. Gustavo Balderas
Treasurer – Director
Region 2 Northwest
Superintendent
Eugene School District 4J
Eugene, Oregon |
Dr. Charles Johns
Secretary – Region
5 Midwest
Superintendent
Glenbrook High
School District 225
Glenview, Illinois |
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Dr. Maria Ott
Director – At Large
Higher Education
Executive in Residence
USC School of Education
Los Angeles, California |
Dr. Ruth Perez
Director – Region I West;
Superintendent
Paramount Unified
School District
Paramount, California |
Dr. Lily DeBlieux
Director – Region 3
Southwest
Superintendent
Pendergast Elementary
School District
Phoenix, Arizona |
Juan E. Cabrera Jr.
Director – Region 4
Superintendent
El Paso Independent
School District
El Paso, Texas |
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Dr. Alex Marrero
Director – Region 6
Northeast
Assistant Superintendent
Of Curriculum & Instruction
New Rochelle School District
Middletown, New York
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Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez
Director – Region 8
New England
Superintendent
Hartford Public Schools
Hartford, Connecticut |
Dr. Danna Diaz
Director at Large
Superintendent of Schools
Reynolds School District
Reynolds, Oregon |
Nora Gutierrez
Director Affiliate At-Large
Superintendent
Tolleson Union
High School District
Tolleson, Arizona |
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ALAS
Stay up to date with all ALAS happenings by joining ALAS Every Third Friday of the Month for our ALAS State Affiliates Call!
Email contact@alasedu.org to RSVP.
Our next upcoming call is Friday, March 20th, 2020.
Submit your topics to be included in this month's call
here.
| Upcoming NYC NYSALAS Networking Event CANCELED
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The following NYSALAS Event has been canceled:
NYC Regional Meeting and Networking Event
Friday, April 24, 2020 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
| New Postings Every Week on ALAS Website!
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03/18/20 — Director of Career Technical Education, Hobbs Municipal Schools, Hobbs, NM
03/18/20 — Superintendent, Washington County Schools, Washington County, NC
03/18/20 — Superintendent, Homewood City School District, Homewood, AL
03/18/20 — Superintendent, Summit School District, Frisco, CO
03/06/20 — Principal, School District of Springfield R-12, Springfield, MO
03/06/20 — Superintendent, Balsz School District, Phoenix, AZ
03/06/20 — Superintendent, Summit Public Schools, Summit, NJ
03/04/20 — Assistant Principal, DC Public Schools, Washington, DC
03/04/20 — Principal, DC Public Schools, Washington, DC
03/04/20 — Assistant Director II – Early Childhood and Parent as Teachers, School District of Springfield R-12, Springfield, MO
02/27/20 — State Superintendent, Maryland State Department of Education, MD
02/19/20 — Assistant Director II – Early Childhood and Parent as Teachers, School District of Springfield R-12, Springfield, MO
02/19/20 — Principal, Portland Public Schools, Portland, OR
02/19/20 — Principal, Paint Branch High School, Burtonsville, MD
02/19/20 — Principal, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Bethesda, MD
02/19/20 — Superintendent, Provisio Township High School, Forest, IL
02/19/20 — Assistant Director II – Early Childhood and Parent as Teachers, School District of Springfield R-12, Springfield, MO
02/18/20 — Associate Director of Special Services-Early Childhood, School District of Springfield R-12, Springfield, MO
02/18/20 — Director III – Learning Development, School District of Springfield R-12, Springfield, MO
02/18/20 — Elementary School Principal, Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge, MA
02/18/20 — Principal and Chief Academic Officer, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL
VISIT ALAS WEBSITE FOR MORE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES & INFORMATION!
Phys.org
The COVID-19 virus has started to close schools and college campuses in the United States. Public health officials predict that coronavirus cases will only continue to rise. So what should K-12 school leaders do in case they have to shift classes online for weeks or months at a time?
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Education Week
If schools are closed because of coronavirus, will everyone still get paid? Will school employees have to use their sick days if their buildings are shut down? If staff members require quarantine or catch the virus, will they be paid for the days they're absent from work? What if they've already used most of their allotted sick days for the year? As the novel coronavirus spreads into more American communities, these are some of the biggest questions that don't yet have clear or uniform answers.
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The Hechinger Report
The threat of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, is forcing educators across the country to think about what they'll do if they have to close their schools for weeks or even months at a time. State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. For some schools, that's a small leap. Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience.
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Language Magazine
Chicago Public Schools students who began kindergarten as English learners, on average, progressed to eighth grade with academic achievement similar to or better than their peers who began kindergarten proficient in English, finds a new study by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research.
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Jeremy Hyler, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "It should be easy to communicate, right? But from where I am sitting, it seems to be more difficult than ever for both students and adults. We have email, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and so many other platforms designed for person-to-person communication. You'd think we would all be masters of communication with so many high-powered tools at our fingertips. Yet I'm seeing more and more communication breakdown among educators, parents and students."
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Education Week
School nurses have a critical role to play as schools grapple with responding to coronavirus. They can advise district leaders on how best to communicate key information from health authorities to their school communities. They can oversee their school's tactics for limiting the spread of the virus, through handwashing demonstrations and talking to parents. And their health expertise can help administrators make important decisions about limiting large group gatherings or ramping up cleaning schedules.
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U.S. News & World Report
The mounting school closures amid the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. are exposing major equity gaps in access to technology and the internet, and the FCC needs to step in, according to FCC commissioners. "Now is absolutely the time to talk about the coronavirus disruption and how technology can help," Jessica Rosenworcel, an FCC commissioner, said Tuesday during a Senate hearing. "Nationwide we are going to explore the expansion of tele-work, tele-health and tele-education, and in the process we are going to expose some really hard truths about the scope of the digital divide."
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THE Journal
In response to the number of states, districts and schools that are shuttering schools to students over the next several weeks in response to fears about the Novel Coronavirus, education technology companies have stepped forward to help educators reach students in virtual ways. In many cases, the companies are making their paid services free through the rest of the school year; in other cases, they're lifting limits to services and/or adding premium features to what's free.
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EdScoop
In response to growing concerns over the spread of COVID-19, in-person attendance for the Consortium for School Networking's annual conference, which was to take place in Washington D.C., has been cancelled, event organizers announced. "This was done with consideration for our registrants' safety based on official health recommendations and the newly established District of Columbia health guidance," CoSN announced on its website.
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EdSurge (commentary)
Reshan Richards and Stephen J. Valentine, contributors for EdSurge, writes: "Dear Teachers, Recently, the two of us had a conversation about school leaders who would be leading and making decisions related to the spread of COVID-19. That conversation turned into a set of guidelines that we published first with Global Online Academy and later with EdSurge. We have tried to be clear about our intent to share our thinking, since some schools have very different priorities than the ones we have been projecting."
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eSchool News
Digital learning puts the best edtech tools and strategies into the hands of highly-qualified and trained educators who know how to transform learning for students. Digital learning tools are invaluable when they're used by confident educators. In fact, when used appropriately, digital and mobile learning resources engage students — and they can even help boost achievement. Online literacy platforms, virtual field trips, STEM simulations and modeling — these are just some of the tools that help elevate instruction in classrooms across the country.
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THE Journal
Teachers with a focus on STEAM turn to social media and websites in great numbers to augment their lessons and for professional development. A new survey out by the Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM found that nine in 10 (92%) respondents turn to various well-known sites to supplement their teaching.
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THE Journal
An education technology company is opening up access to its digital study programs for young and elementary students. Age of Learning announced that it would grant free home access through the spring for schools and districts affected by coronavirus closures. The offer applies to three programs: ABCmouse, Adventure Academy and ReadingIQ.
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Tech & Learning
Overall, there are lots of things going on in cybersecurity today, which can be characterized in three themes. No.1 — Depth of defense still works. You have to look at all possible angles of attack, and then prepare from there accordingly so that you have an end-to-end defensive strategy for your district. The fact that you've prepared for ransomware but haven't prepared for a denial of service attack or a phishing attack means you're wide open. You've got to have a blend of technology, policy and education training and awareness approaches to address the growing cyber threats.
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The New York Times
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised schools that closings for at least eight weeks might be the most effective way to contain the coronavirus. The Education Department released school districts from a slew of testing and accountability measures required by federal law. But schools across the country were far ahead of the Trump administration's advice. A cascade of public school closings gained speed nationwide, with the largest school district in California, the Los Angeles Unified School District, announcing it was closing, along with the San Diego Unified School District. They joined other large cities like Washington, Miami and Seattle, and more than a dozen states like Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Oregon, New Mexico and Michigan.
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The Brookings Institution
It now seems clear that the coronavirus will keep a large share of students from attending school in the coming weeks and months. New York, Seattle and other places have already gone down this road. Schools across the country are now preparing to provide online instruction and give students schedules of homework in advance.
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Language Magazine (commentary)
Katie Novak, a contributor for Language Magazine, writes: "In 1922, my grandmother moved from Trois-Rivières, a city in Quebec, Canada, at the age of eleven. Speaking only French, and traveling with her older sister, she was determined to learn English once she arrived. Each day, after she finished her official au pair duties, she walked to the local market to teach herself English. Her textbooks? The handwritten signs posted above the food and day-old newspapers. Her teachers? The store owner and passersby completing their nightly shopping."
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By: Erick Herrmann (commentary)
 Effective instruction in multilingual education includes providing students with comprehensible instruction in the content we are teaching, explicit instruction in the language needed to learn, a process to demonstrate understanding of the new content, and opportunities for students to practice the new content and language being learned. Every teacher and learner figures out quickly that learning is not instantaneous. Students will need multiple opportunities for guided practice, wherein all students have the opportunity to practice both content and language.
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Education Next
Facing the typical challenges of urban schooling, including overcrowded schools, mediocre academic outcomes and high dropout rates, the Los Angeles Unified School District has been at the epicenter of big-city education reform over the past decade. District leaders have successively tried new approaches to teacher evaluation, changes in school governance and initiatives aimed at improving equity for the underserved.
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Language Magazine
During the past few years, blended learning has been hailed by schools worldwide as everything from the future of education to the conduit that will finally make true differentiated instruction a reality. And it is not all hype: the best blended-learning programs truly can move away from the lecture-based instructional model many of us grew up with and free educators to completely reimagine what learning looks like from the ground up.
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